Cochrane · systematic review · CD013684
Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare students
Kunzler, AM, Helmreich, I, König, J, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning ProblemsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 6 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Resilience interventions versus control conditions for healthcare students
Population: healthcare students, including students in training for health professions delivering direct medical care (e.g. medical students, nursing students), and allied health professions as distinct from medical care (e.g. psychology students, social work students); aged 18 years and older, irrespective of health status
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Resilience Measured by: investigators measured resilience using different instruments; higher scores mean higher resilience Timing of outcome assessment: post‐intervention Resilience interventions vs control conditions | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 561 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Mental health and well‐being: anxiety Measured by: investigators measured anxiety using different instruments; lower scores mean lower anxiety Timing of outcome assessment: post‐intervention Resilience interventions vs control conditions | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 362 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Mental health and well‐being: depressionMeasured by: investigators measured depression using different instruments; lower scores mean lower depression Timing of outcome assessment: post‐intervention Resilience interventions vs control conditions | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 332 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Mental health and well‐being: stress or stress perception: Measured by: investigators measured stress or stress perception using different instruments; lower scores mean lower stress or stress perception Timing of outcome assessment: post‐interven... Resilience interventions vs control conditions | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 420 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Mental health and well‐being: well‐being or quality of life: Measured by: investigators measured well‐being or quality of life using different instruments; higher scores mean higher well‐being or quality of life Timing of outcome assessment: post‐... Resilience interventions vs control conditions | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 251 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Adverse events Resilience interventions vs control conditions | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 566 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |